Help ID a fabric

Dec 09, 2005 3 Replies

Hello,



A client gave me a pair of Civil War reenactment men's "drawers" she wants copied for her husband. He loves these pants so much they have completely worn out from wear. The fabric is a natural color heavy weight twill, but the wrong side of the fabric is white and brushed to a nice soft loft. The client could not identify the fabric and there are no tags inside the pants. After doing a search online I ordered a swatch of "brushed twill". It not the right stuff. I check in my Past Patterns catalog for suggestions. The closest thing they name is Linen Drill, which doesn't have the brushed backing. This fabric is more like a flannel lined twill with both fabrics fused. There are seams on the pants that have spilt open. The fabrics are not fused, it's woven this way. A Google on "flannel lined twill" only took me to ready to wear pants lined with flannel, not a fabric source. Any ideas of what this could be or a source? Thanks for your help.



Liz W


Sounds like chamois cloth to me.

Jean M.

No, I have a LLBean chamois cloth shirt, it's not that. But now that you mentioned it, chamois fabric could be used for these pants. They are supposed to be worn under dress pants during cold weather. The chamois cloth will keep him warm. I'll do a bit more research and then approach the client. Since no one sees these pants they don't have to be made specifically to Civil War dress code. Thanks for the idea.

Liz W

I have a piece of canton flannel that meets that description. It was described as suitable for making an ironing-board cover in the catalog I bought it from. ('s Ladies' Book, long before fabric.com came to do the same job better.)

Joy Beeson

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